Tami Kiuru
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| Medal record | |||
 Tami Kiuru |
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| Men's ski jumping | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | Team large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | Team large hill | |
| Silver | 2005 Oberstdorf | Team large hill | |
| Ski flying World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2004 Planica | Team | |
| Silver | 2006 Kulm | Team | |
| Bronze | 2004 Planica | Individual | |
Tami Kiuru (born September 13, 1976 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper.
At the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won a gold medal in the team large hill event. At the 2004 Ski-flying World Championships event, he won a bronze medal in the individual competition and a silver medal in the team competition. Kiuru also earned a silver in the team competition in 2006.
Kiuru had problems with getting used to the new weight index rule that was introduced for the 2003-4 season. At first, he gained weight to get permission to use longer skis, but later decided to slimmed down to use shorter skis.
He also won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Kiuru proved that he is still in good condition by winning the Finnish Championship gold medal in the Individual Large Hill competition. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
His ski club is Lahden hiihtoseura.
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1982 Norway Johan Sætre, Per Bergerud, Ole Bremseth & Olav Hansson
1984 Finland Markku Pusenius, Pentti Kokkonen, Jari Puikkonen & Matti Nykänen
1985 Finland Tuomo Ylipulli, Pentti Kokkonen, Matti Nykänen & Jari Puikkonen
1987 Finland Matti Nykänen, Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Tuomo Ylipulli & Pekka Suorsa
1989 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jari Puikkonen, Matti Nykänen & Risto Laakkonen
1991 Austria Heinz Kuttin, Ernst Vettori Stefan Horngacher & Andreas Felder
1993 Norway Bjørn Myrbakken, Helge Brendryen, Øyvind Berg & Espen Bredesen
1995 Finland Jani Soininen, Janne Ahonen, Mika Laitinen & Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1997 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Jani Soininen, Mika Laitinen & Janne Ahonen
1999 Germany Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma & Martin Schmitt
2001 Germany Sven Hannawald, Michael Uhrmann, Alexander Herr & Martin Schmitt
2003 Finland Janne Ahonen, Tami Kiuru, Arttu Lappi & Matti Hautamäki
2005 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth
2007 Austria Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern
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